12-03-2015, 10:39 PM
(12-03-2015, 05:03 PM)PhilHos Wrote: Honestly, my thinking right now is that society is WRONG and that there ARE male- and female-specific emotional and psychological roles characteristics and by saying there aren't they are actually de-legitimizing gender dysphoria.
This is a very complicated issue. Most of the time that the argument "there is no difference" arises is when the alleged "difference" is being used to limit the opportunities of one gender. Women were excluded from certain jobs, but in child custody cases the advantage was flipped and the mothers were assumed to be the best at parenting. So both sides have worked to eliminate any perceived "difference" when it was it their favor to do so.
But a lot of people still understand that there are differences between men and women. They just try to understand that a gender trait can not be used to limit either sides rights.
Most of the society also recognize the differences. A major portion of the motion picture industry is directed at the female market.
